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(Message started by: checker on Nov 27th, 2006, 12:11am)
Title: Is the man mad
Post by checker on Nov 27th, 2006, 12:11am
Mr. X has his home on twenty-fourth floor of a building in my city.The person takes the lift  down on way when going office,the crux of the situation lies when he returns,its petty late and there is no one to take the lift accept him...still he takes the lift to eight floor and rest steps up the staircases.
why he does so???
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by jollytall on Nov 27th, 2006, 12:19am
These riddles belong to another category: "What happened?", where you can find the answer to this very small riddle too. Probably even more threads.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Ashwini on Nov 27th, 2006, 12:47am
Reding this one zillionth time.u can find it in any 'lateral
thinking puzzles'. The man's height was short and could reach only 8th floor's button
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Nov 27th, 2006, 10:43am
Another version: A basketball player, 2 meters high, enters a lift. He is in topnotch health, but he cannot reach 20th floor's button. Why?  ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Sameer on Nov 27th, 2006, 11:35am
There is no 20th floor!!  ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by cchris on Nov 27th, 2006, 5:43pm
That, or the 20th floor's button is the button on the 20th floor..
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Nov 27th, 2006, 6:09pm

on 11/27/06 at 00:11:44, checker wrote:
Mr. X has his home on twenty-fourth floor of a building in my city.The person takes the lift  down on way when going office,the crux of the situation lies when he returns,its petty late and there is no one to take the lift accept him...still he takes the lift to eight floor and rest steps up the staircases.
why he does so???



He's to short to reach any button above the 8th floor one.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by checker on Dec 1st, 2006, 12:01am

on 11/27/06 at 18:09:03, flamingdragon wrote:
He's to short to reach any button above the 8th floor one.


I take it.... :D
I thought it has smething to do with mechanics of Lift :o
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by checker on Dec 1st, 2006, 12:04am

on 11/27/06 at 10:43:24, Iceman wrote:
Another version: A basketball player, 2 meters high, enters a lift. He is in topnotch health, but he cannot reach 20th floor's button. Why?  ;)

What about this.......
he is to tall to bend upto that button.Take it or else u will bring misery to yourself ;D
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 1st, 2006, 2:51am
No winner yet. Probably because I didn't mention one important little detail..  ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 8:04am

on 11/27/06 at 10:43:24, Iceman wrote:
Another version: A basketball player, 2 meters high, enters a lift. He is in topnotch health, but he cannot reach 20th floor's button. Why?  ;)


Again he is to short, because the elavator is still to big for him?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 1st, 2006, 10:46am
I'd say it is the other way around, so no.  

About that detail I didn't mention.. it is made out of more details, but of same type. Hope this makes sense to you, because it does not make sense to me.   ???
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 12:06pm

on 11/27/06 at 11:35:11, Sameer wrote:
There is no 20th floor!!  ;)


Was this right?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 1st, 2006, 1:12pm
Only if you are crazy.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 1:17pm
So if I admit i'm crazy, it will be right?  ;D
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 1st, 2006, 1:33pm
Yes. Crazy people have different perception of reality.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 1:54pm
So he can't bend down far enough to reach the buttons?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 1st, 2006, 3:31pm
That..... is not the problem.  ;) But yes, he can't bend down, and if you answer why, you pretty much got it.  ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 4:03pm
He is to tall to bend down far enough to reach the 20th floor button in the elevator?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Icarus on Dec 1st, 2006, 5:44pm
He can't bend down because he was injured in a game and is splinted in some fashion.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by cchris on Dec 1st, 2006, 7:18pm
The elevator's full.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 1st, 2006, 7:24pm
There is no elevator?

He's to tall to get in the elevator?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 1st, 2006, 9:30pm
Well, this might seem to contradict topnotch health, but he could be a [hide]wheelchair basketball player[/hide].
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by checker on Dec 2nd, 2006, 4:03am

on 12/01/06 at 21:30:02, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:
Well, this might seem to contradict topnotch health, but he could be a wheelchair basketball player.

Then may be you should call him retired or else.....player  in lame men Basketball Team.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 2nd, 2006, 6:00am

on 12/01/06 at 19:18:14, cchris wrote:
The elevator's full.

Yep. Don't you love simple answers?  ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 9:02am
Yet it can not be correct as it says in the riddle he enters the elevator.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 2nd, 2006, 10:50am
Meaning what?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 11:10am
The elevator can't be to full if he already went into it.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Whiskey Tango Foxtrot on Dec 2nd, 2006, 11:20am
Unless he filled it.   ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by cchris on Dec 2nd, 2006, 11:22am
Who says that no one else gets on the elevator after him?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 2nd, 2006, 3:45pm
What?
He would still be able to hit the button.  ::)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by cchris on Dec 2nd, 2006, 5:43pm
How? If you're at the back left, the button is at the front right, and there's 10 people between you and the button, how can you press it?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Icarus on Dec 3rd, 2006, 1:59pm

on 12/02/06 at 17:43:03, cchris wrote:
How? If you're at the back left, the button is at the front right, and there's 10 people between you and the button, how can you press it?


By being really rude! :P
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 3rd, 2006, 2:51pm
Exactly, he's a top notch basketball player, he has really long arms and is most likely skinny enough to squeeze between people.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by cchris on Dec 3rd, 2006, 5:45pm
So what was the intended answer?
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 4th, 2006, 3:48am

on 12/03/06 at 14:51:20, flamingdragon wrote:
Exactly, he's a top notch basketball player, he has really long arms and is most likely skinny enough to squeeze between people.

So you are saying that his arm is a snake? This is good stuff. Keep up the good work.   8)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 4th, 2006, 10:49am
If he is truly a top notch basketball player he could throw something at the button or jump on top of everyone to reach the button.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 4th, 2006, 11:05am
If he is truly a basketball player, in the NBA, he can kill thousand English with his left arm on the Independence Day, and carry the Statue of Liberty with his right arm, all at the same time.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 4th, 2006, 11:13am
He could also knock everyone in the elevator out to get to the button.

It's not a very good riddle, the answers such as there is no 20th floor, and it's the button on the 20th floor are much better answers then the elevator is full.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by Iceman on Dec 4th, 2006, 11:43am

on 12/04/06 at 11:13:03, flamingdragon wrote:
It's not a very good riddle

No arguments there.  
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by cchris on Dec 4th, 2006, 12:52pm
Actually, I thought it was a really good riddle, definitely challenged me. If it was a bad riddle, would it have lasted for this long without an answer?

Plus, think about it, if there's people in front of you, you can't reach the button. You can ask people to move, but that's because you can't reach the button.
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by flamingdragon on Dec 4th, 2006, 1:44pm
Hmm, then perhaps the answer is he can't reach the button b/c he's to looserish to ask people to move or to knock them all out.  ;)
Title: Re: Is the man mad
Post by checker on Dec 5th, 2006, 4:45am
Let there be a fight!!! "Who is there so base.....who wont listen to basketball player's request .......PUSH THE BUTTON........and let me land"


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